Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McBride Province, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 301113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McBride Province, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cone No. 32

Latitude: 18°15'"S
Longitude: 144°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.25,144.75

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Rutile	Scapolite	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silvialite ()*	Spinel ()*	Trevorite ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Rutile Scapolite Spinel Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	11146	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	11146	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	11146	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	11146	1188
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	11146	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	11146	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	11146	14899
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	11146	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	11146	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	11146	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	11146	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	11146	1516
Silvialite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(SO₄)	1	11146	3
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	11146	1934
Trevorite ()*	Spinel	NiFe³⁺₂O₄	1	11146	17
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	11146	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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